Kirby McInerney LLP | Alice McInerney

Of Counsel

amcinerney@kmllp.com

New York
250 Park Avenue
Suite 820
New York, NY 10177
212.699.1170

Alice McInerney Of Counsel

amcinerney@kmllp.com

New York
250 Park Avenue
Suite 820
New York, NY 10177
212.699.1170

Biography

Alice McInerney is Of Counsel to the firm and practices out of our New York office.

She concentrates on antitrust and consumer matters, and also handles securities class actions. Ms. McInerney joined the firm in 1995 and has over 30 years of experience as an attorney.

Prior to joining KM, Ms. McInerney was Chief of the Investor Protection Bureau and Deputy Chief of the Antitrust Bureau of the New York Attorney General’s office. While there, she chaired the Enforcement Section of the North American Securities Administrators Association and also chaired the Multi-State Task Force on Investigations for the National Association of Attorneys General. Alice is also a member of the National Association of Public Pension Attorneys (NAPPA).

Smith College (B.A. 1970)
Hofstra School of Law (J.D. 1976)

New York State Bar
United States District Courts for the Southern, Northern, Eastern, and Western Districts of New York
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
The United States Supreme Court

Super Lawyers, Top Rated Attorney - Antitrust Litigation, 2010-2023

Experience

Some of Ms. McInerney’s relevant work includes:

Lead counsel for consumer classes in antitrust cases against Microsoft. These litigations resulted in settlements totaling over $1 billion dollars for consumers in Florida, New York, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Minnesota.
Representation of a class of retailers in In re Visa Check/MasterMoney Antitrust Litigation, an antitrust case which resulted in a settlement of over $3 billion for the class.
Representation of public entities in connection with ongoing Medicaid fraud and False Claims Act litigations arising from health expenditures of these state and local governmental entities.
Representation of California homeowners in litigation arising from mortgage repayment irregularities. This litigation resulted in settlements that afforded millions of California homeowners clear title to their property. The cases resulted in the notable decision Bartold v. Glendale Federal Bank.

Cases & Investigations

Case / Company Name
Type
Status

Name In re Wachovia Equity Securities Litigation,
No. 08-cv-06171 (S.D.N.Y.).
Type Securities, Structured Finance
Status Settled
Lead counsel for lead plaintiff New York City Pension Funds in a class action against Wachovia Corporation arising from the bank’s alleged misrepresentations of their exposure to the subprime market. This case resulted in a settlement of $75 million for the class.

Name Microsoft Antitrust Cases
Type Antitrust
Status Settled
Co-lead counsel on behalf of classes of indirect purchasers in connection with antitrust proceedings against Microsoft. The litigations resulted in settlements totaling nearly a billion dollars for consumers in the states of New York, Florida, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Minnesota (where the litigation proceeded to trial). More recently, KM served as consulting and advisory counsel to Canadian lead counsel based on the firm’s co-lead roles in the U.S. Microsoft cases. The Canadian action resulted in a settlement of $395 million.

Name In re Visa Check/MasterMoney Antitrust Litigation,
No. 96-cv-05238 (S.D.N.Y.).
Type Antitrust
Status Settled
Class counsel with second largest lodestar in a direct purchaser debit card fee case. The case resulted in a settlement of over $3 billion.

Name Bartold v. Glendale Federal Bank,
Nos. G020529, G021899 (4th Cir.).
Type Consumer Fraud
Status Settled
Bartold v. Glendale Federal Bank, Nos. G020529, G021899 (4th Cir. 2000). Representation of California homeowners. Ruling on behalf of hundreds of thousands of California homeowners establishing banks’ duties regarding title reconveyance.

News

09/22/2023 | Firm News 9 Kirby McInerney Attorneys recognized on 2023 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists

Thomson Reuters’ Super Lawyers has recognized five KM attorneys as New York Metro Super Lawyers and four as Rising Stars.

10/07/2022 | Firm News 10 Kirby McInerney Attorneys recognized on 2022 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists

Thomson Reuters’ Super Lawyers has recognized five KM attorneys as New York Metro Super Lawyers and five as Rising Stars.